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PRISON RELEASE IDEA ‘AN OUTRAGE,’ SAYS CCRKBA; ADVISES CITIZENS TO ARM
THEMSELVES
BELLEVUE, WA – Re****ts that state lawmakers are considering the release
of thousands of prison inmates across the country to save money amount
to a public outrage, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and
Bear Arms said today.
The Associated Press re****ted Friday morning that legislators in several
states are considering the move to prop up state budgets. One re****t
said those released might include “drug addicts, thieves and even
violent criminals.”
“Before we waste time wondering what raving lunatics are behind this
idea,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, so-author of America Fights
Back: Armed Self-Defense in a Violent Age, published by Merril Press,
“it seems more prudent to advise the citizens who are faced with this
ominous proposal that now would be a good time to start exercising their
constitutional right to keep and bear arms. After all, the message that
this sends to the public seems pretty simple: If you don’t own a gun,
get one. If you’re not licensed to carry, you better apply now because
cash-strapped state lawmakers obviously don’t care about the crime wave
they’re about to unleash.”
At least eight states, according to the re****t, are considering early
inmate releases to save money. The list includes Kentucky, California,
Mississippi and Rhode Island; all states with serious budget crises on
their hands.
“This idea is beyond crazy,” Gottlieb observed. “It borders on criminal
malfeasance. With all the billions of dollars that Americans pay in
taxes, it is both alarming and pathetic that legislatures find
themselves without the funds to provide basic public safety, and that
includes funding prisons to keep criminals where they belong, instead of
turning them loose to prey on the public. Maybe instead of releasing
hardened criminals, state governments should release a lot of
bureaucrats to the unemployment lines. Lawmakers whose wasteful spending
practices put their budgets in this mess ought to be held accountable in
November.
“This is a wake-up call for all taxpayers – gun owners and non-gun
owners alike – to start asking some very tough questions about how
lawmakers are spending their money,” he concluded. “In the meantime,
realizing that local police are already outmanned and stretched to the
limit, citizens will have to take a greater responsibility for their own
safety, and that includes being armed. The same lawmakers who typically
sup****t laws to take our guns are now leaving the public with no
alternative but to arm themselves.”
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